Bottle gourd is a herbaceous annual vine from the gourd family, with mild-flavored young fruits and tender quality, suitable for cooking.Bottle gourd has medicinal properties of swelling and skin nourishment, and its nutritional value is lower than that of other fruits and vegetables.The edible part is the tender fruit.Bottle gourd is delicate and soft, with a slight sweetness, and can be eaten whole after peeling.It can be stir-fried or simmered in soup.Today, let's take a look at the various ways to cook bottle gourd together.

Fresh bottle gourdDumpling

Main ingredients

Bottle gourd,Pork legMeat, seafood,Flour, boiling water, cold water

Auxiliary ingredients

Flour, water,Ginger, green onions, salt, old-fashioned soy sauce, sesame oil, thirteen spice, water,White pepperpowder, fragrant oil

Steps

1. Wash and chop the meat into minced meat.Add a little salt to the minced meat and add water to the meat mixture in multiple steps.

2. Use chopsticks to stir the water in one direction into the minced meat, and add water each time after the water is completely absorbed by the meat.The meat after pounding is sticky and the color is lighter.

3. Add sesame oil to the meat filling,Soy sauce, continue to stir well.

4. Cut the ginger into ginger paste and add it to the meat filling, then add thirteen spice and salt and mix evenly.

5. Add fragrant oil, stir well and refrigerate for a while.

6. Peel, core and wash the bottle gourd, then grate it into fine strands and mix with a little salt, marinate for 15 minutes.Soak and cut the dried seafood into fine particles.Squeeze out the water from the bottle gourd and cut into two pieces.

7. Divide the dried seafood, bottle gourd strands, and green onions into the meat filling, and drizzle with fragrant oil, and mix well.

8. Pour flour into a basin, add boiling water, and stir constantly to make a loose mixture, then add cold water and mix evenly to form a wet and sticky dough.Take out the dough, place it on the cutting board, add a little dough and gently knead into a ball, cover with a damp cloth and let it rest for 30 minutes.

9. Roll into long strips, make small pouches, flatten and round, and place a portion of filling on the dough.Fold the dough in half and tighten it into a long strip, then gently press down on the edge of the dough.The dumplings are ready.

10. Mix 10 grams of flour with 200 grams of water to make a flour water.Put theSteameron and put the steamed dumplings into the steamer.

11. When the bottom of the dumplings are slightly formed and turn yellow, pour in an appropriate amount of flour water.Cover the lid and steam until the bottom is golden and the water isSteamcooked.

Flavorful fried bottle gourd

Main ingredients

Bottle gourd, green bell pepper, red bell pepper

Auxiliary ingredients

Dried chili peppersChiliSauce, old-fashioned soy sauce, salt,Chicken powder

Steps

1. Peel, core and wash the bottle gourd, then cut it into small pieces.Cut the green and red bell peppers into small pieces.

2. Pour an appropriate amount of oil into the pot, heat the oil and add dried chili peppers to stir-fry and make red oil.

3. Pour in the bottle gourd and continue to stir-fry. After stir-frying evenly, reduce the frequency of stirring. When the bottle gourd is fried and turns color, add salt, chicken powder and old-fashioned soy sauce, and stir-fry for two minutes. The bottle gourd is cooked.

Bottle gourdPeanutsSoup

Main ingredients

Peanuts, bottle gourd

Auxiliary ingredients

Salt

Steps

1. First soak the peanuts in water for 2 hours. After soaking, use a food processor to grind the peanuts and set aside.

2. Peel, core and wash the bottle gourd, and cut it into strands and set aside (Note: Before eating bottle gourd, taste it with the tip of your tongue to see if it has a bitter taste. If the bottle gourd has a bitter taste, it cannot be eaten).

3. Pour the ground peanuts into the pot, then add an appropriate amount of water and boil.(Note: When cooking peanuts, constantly stir the pot with a spoon to prevent the peanuts from sticking.）

4. When the peanuts are cooked, pour in the prepared bottle gourd strands and cook for 5 minutes.

5. After the bottle gourd is cooked, add an appropriate amount of salt to season.

SausageFried bottle gourd

Main ingredients

Sausage, bottle gourd

Auxiliary ingredients

Oil, salt, garlic, chili,MSG

Steps

1. First wash the sausage, cut it into pieces, and chop the garlic and chili.

2. Peel and wash the bottle gourd, cut it in half, and then cut it into thin slices.

3. Pour an appropriate amount of oil into the wok, and then add the sausage to stir-fry. Add garlic and chili to make fragrant.

4. Pour in the sliced bottle gourd and continue to stir-fry for a while, then add a little water and stir-fry.

5. After the bottle gourd is cooked, add an appropriate amount of salt and MSG to finish.